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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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